ONE more patient has sadly died at Warrington Hospital after testing positive for Covid-19.

The person passed away yesterday, Thursday.

A total of 136 people have now died at the Trust.

According to the latest data from the Trust, staff have tested 10,143 inpatients/community (9,230 last week) of which 1,182 (1,175) have tested positive for Covid-19.

They are currently caring for four (six last week) in-patients who have tested positive for Covid-19.

There are no Covid-19 positive patients in ICU.

Across England, a further 22 people, who tested positive for the virus have died, bringing the total number of confirmed reported deaths in hospitals to 29,013.
Patients were aged between 52 and 99 years old.

All patients had known underlying health conditions.